CHAPTER 3 Predetermined Overhead Rates‚ Flexible Budgets‚ and Absorption/Variable Costing Questions 1. Although both variable and mixed costs change in total with activity measure changes‚ the difference is that variable costs change in direct proportion to such activity changes and mixed costs do not. Since a mixed cost has both a fixed and variable component‚ the cost per unit at different activity levels is not constant as it is with a variable cost. 2. No‚ these are not always the best points
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Ethics; Predetermined Overhead Rate and Capacity Pat Miranda‚ the new controller of Vault Hard Drives‚ Inc.‚ has just returned from a seminar on the choice of the activity level in the predetermined overhead rate. Even though the subject did not sound exciting at first‚ she found that there were some important ideas presented that should get a hearing at her company. After returning from the seminar‚ she arranged a meeting with the production manager‚ J. Stevens‚ and the assistant production manager
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Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps‚ know as 1031 exchanges‚ permit participants to avoid some or all of the capital gains taxes that would otherwise be due. The bookkeeper for the company has been asked to prepare a report for the company to help its owner/manager analyze performance. The first such report appears below: Note that the revenues and costs in the above report are unit revenues and costs. For example‚ the average office
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TCO B Questions 1. (TCO C) The following overhead data are for a department of a large company. Actual costs Static Incurred budget Activity level (in units) 800 750 Variable costs: Indirect materials $6‚850 $6‚600 Electricity $1‚312
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0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 + 0.0×1/12 = 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% + 0% Feedback: Average cost per cup of coffee served = Total cost ÷ cups of coffee served in a week Requirement 2: Does the average cost per cup of
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appropriate for a crude oil refining business. True False 9. A law firm would use a job order cost system to accumulate all of the costs associated with a particular client engagement‚ such as lawyer time‚ copying charges‚ filing fees‚ and overhead. True False 10. The job order costing system is not used by service organizations. True False 11. The job order costing system is used by service firms to determine revenues‚ expenses‚ and ultimately profit. True False 12
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1 1. Indirect labor is a part of: B. Conversion cost. Labor that cannot be physically traced to particular product is treated as indirect labor and as manufacturing overhead. Conversion cost is the sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead. These costs are incurred to convert materials into the finished product. Indirect labor is treated as part of manufacturing overhead. 2. Prime cost and conversion cost share what common element of total cost? B. Direct labor. Prime cost is the
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cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $3‚067. A total of 30 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $12 per labor-hour. The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machinehours. The predetermined overhead rate is $11 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be: A. $4‚571 B. $3‚757 C. $3‚090 D. $3‚427 Applied manufacturing overhead = Predetermined overhead rate x Actual machine-hours Applied manufacturing
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Labor rate variance is the difference between the actual labor rate and the applied overhead rate (standard rate multiplied by the number of actual hours worked). Consider this and respond to the following: • "Our workers are all under labor contracts. Therefore‚ our labor rate variance is bound to be zero." Do you agree or disagree that the labor rate variance will be zero if all workers are under labor contracts? Explain giving reasons. The concept of labor rate variance and its application
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work-in-process on December 31‚ 20x3‚ consisted of one job (no. 3088)‚ which was carried on the year-end balance sheet at $78‚400. There was no finished-goods inventory on this date. BBBC applies manufacturing overhead to production on the basis of direct-labor cost. Budgeted totals for 20x4 for direct labor and manufacturing overhead are $2‚100‚000 and $2‚730‚000‚ respectively. Actual results for the year follow. Direct material used ....................................................................
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